Born by Brown Tara

Author:Brown, Tara [Brown, Tara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
ISBN: 9780987941077
Publisher: Theoklesia, LLC
Published: 2012-09-19T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

I sense him. It isn’t a feeling of his body next to mine but his eyes watching me. I want to reach out and touch him. I feel myself toss in the sheets and tangle myself up in Sarah and the blankets. I open my eyes and climb off the bed. I rub my eyes and climb into the other bed. The empty one that Anna sneaks into in the mornings. The sheets are cold and crisp, compared to the sweaty bed that’s filled with a needy eleven year old.

I stare at the glowing white ceiling and feel a smile cross my lips. I knew it would be too bright to be dulled by the black of the night.

I can see his wolf eyes if I close mine. He is looking for me. I feel a tug at my heart.

He's never been away from me like this before. I knew his staying with Meg was a bad idea. I can feel his hopeless panic in my heart. My stomach makes a knot. The past two weeks have been amazing. I can't even try to lie to myself. I've eaten meals I never imagined I would, ever. I've had dessert every day. I can feel my body stretching and gaining and trying to find room for the extra weight. Anna and Sarah are the same. Sarah has started to get a little potbelly that Louise, our first nurse, has started to make fun of. Sarah eats and rubs it. I've learned Sarah was sold to the military. Her mother got liquor and smokes for her. She kissed her on the top of the head and told her not to be a bother.

I have a small plan of hunting her down when we escape.

I know Jake and Will have left us. I was worried for a few days and even felt guilt for not even trying to get out, but the food is to get better.

Anna says it's like the story of Hansel and Gretel. The witch kept making better and better food but in the end she intended to eat them.

Anna says we need to worry about anyone who wants to give as much as the doctors and nurses do. Louise has grown oddly quiet in the last couple days. She mutters to herself and gets emotional in our room sometimes and then leaves quickly.

I try not to think about it all and let my eyes close.

As my thoughts fade into simple things that make me sleepy, I hear the knob on the door turn. I know it's Anna.

"You sleep with Sarah this time." I mutter as she closes the door.

"Emma honey wake up now."

I shoot up to see Louise standing in front of my door. Her clothes are dark, not the white coats and pale blue pants and tops. I would know her voice anywhere.

"You girls gotta go tomorrow."

I frown and rub my eyes, did I fall back to sleep?

"You gotta get out of here baby girl. The doctors are going to take Anna in the morning for tests and then you have got to go.

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